UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 12, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Borrell meets Kurti on margins of the Paris Peace Forum (media) • Bislimi: EC report recognises Government's work on license plates agreement (media) • Assembly committee discusses dialogue, visa liberalisation with German ambassador (media) • COVID-19: 16 new cases, one death (media) Serbian Language Media: • Serbian PM Brnabic on Kosovo at the 41st UNESCO General Conference (RTS) • Brnabic: Serbian heritage in Kosovo proof of UNESCO’s importance (RTS) • Serbian Ambassador to US sends letters to all Congress members (B92) • Serbian FM lays wreath at WWI Allied cemetery in Greece (N1, Danas) • Jeton Neziraj: Ghosts of war ready to jump into a new war (Beta, Danas) • The last day of the campaign for the second round of local elections (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Bancroft: If Grenell were really getting paid by Serbia would he refer to Merdare ‘as border’ (Kosovo-online) • UNESCO: We continue to preserve Serbian medieval art in Decani, Sopocani and Studenica (Kosovo Online) • Trajkovic to Osmani’s reference of Kosovo as ‘source of hope’ (Kosovo-online) International: • Kosovo Ruling Party Braces for Test in Mayoral Runoffs (Balkan Insight) • Trump ‘Shadow Diplomacy’? Deploys ‘Ambassador’ To Address Serbia-Kosovo Tensions (Forbes) Humanitarian/Development: • Free legal aid for residents in northern Kosovo (Radio kontakt plus)

• Government confirms resumption of dialogue on November 16 (Kosovapress) • President Osmani meets U.S. Undersecretary of State Nuland (media) • An agreement between Kosovo and Serbia is a matter of urgency (EWB) • White House: Grenell is not an ambassador, doesn’t represent U.S. (RTK) • Trump: Agreements signed by my administration are historic (Klan Kosova) • Kurti mustn’t forget he’s leader of an entire nation, not just VV (euronews.al) • Rrahmani: Aleksandar in the “Serbian World” of wonders (Koha) • Authoritarian states intensified ‘sharp power’ influence activities (geopost.com) • COVID-19: Six new cases, no deaths (media) • Ministry of Health will soon adopt third dose of vaccine (Telegrafi) • Europe alarmed by COVID-19, Kosovo risks facing new wave (Koha)

Albanian Language Media: • Mehaj: Russia wants to destabilise Kosovo at any cost (Kosovapress) • Third dose of the vaccine in Kosovo in a matter of days (RFE) • Citizens concerned with Delta Plus, ready to take third vaccine dose (EO) • COVID-19: Six new cases, no deaths (media) • Police seize 75 kg of drugs, three cars and cash, five arrested (media) • Grenell comments on claims he asked for fall of Kurti I government (Express) • Serbian Gendarmerie entering Kosovo in civilian clothes, residents say (Lajmi) • Pendarovski: Kosovo no longer a priority for the U.S. (Telegrafi) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 70 new cases registered in Serbian areas (Radio KIM) • The next round of dialogue in Brussels on November 16 (RTS, Tanjug) • Serbia against Kosovo membership in UNESCO (Kosovo-online, media) • Vucic: Electricity prices for households unchanged, nuclear power under consideration (N1) • Grenell visits Kosovo, talks to journalists at Merdare crossing point (B92, media) • Bilcik urges reconciliation in Western Balkans (N1) • Armistice Day marked in Pristina; the French ambassador calls for reconciliation between Kosovo and Serbia (Kosovo Online, Ekonomia Online) • State Department: We do not comment on why some countries were not invited to summit (Radio KIM) Opinion: • Legal framework for Kosovo Serbs tailored to Pristina (KoSSev) • Turkey’s Pragmatic Policy in the Balkans has its Limits (Balkan Insight) International: • US Warns Berisha Not to Retake Albanian Democratic Party (BIRN) Humanitarian/Development: • Group of young Albanians visited Visoki Decani Monastery (Radio KIM)

• Next round of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue scheduled for 16 November (RFE) • Kurti: Mutual recognition between Kosovo and Serbia at the centre of agreement (ATV) • In U.S., Osmani meets State Department officials, MCC chief (media) • Escobar on Open Balkan: U.S. supports any initiative for region’s economic integration (Koha) • PM Kurti comments on Kosovo not invited to democracy summit (Telegrafi) • Von Cramon says Biden administration made a mistake by not inviting Kosovo (Koha/Klan) • Spanish congressman calls on PM Sanchez to ‘recognize Kosovo at once’ (euronews.al) • 'Mysterious' visit of Richard Grenell to Pristina (Kallxo) • Kosovo War Trial Witness ‘Saw Guerrillas Beating Prisoner’ (BIRN) • RTK: KSC justifies Trendafilova's contradictory statements on detention duration • United States pledge additional $2.5million assistance for Kosovo (Koha/RTK) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media)

UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, November 10, 2021 Albanian Language Media: • Civil society urges U.S. to invite Kosovo to Biden’s Democracy Summit (Prishtina Insight) • Government forms mechanism to document war crimes (Indeksonline) • Reka: Balkans in a geopolitical vacuum; Escobar has a lot of work (Klan Kosova) • President’s Office reacts to Mladic mural in downtown Belgrade (media) • Government pledges €100 million investments in agriculture (Telegrafi) • Ministry of Health could be given to “Guxo” List (Koha) • COVID-19: 14 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Vucic: "ZSO to print three lighters and to deliver two pencils, so that Osmani is satisfied'' (KoSSev) • “ZSO must be established with all competencies that belong to it” (Radio KIM) • US stance on ZSO remains unchanged: Respect Brussels agreement (RTS) • One more Serb accused of war crime in Kosovo (Radio KIM, media) • Serbian Chamber of Commerce Office opens in Jerusalem today (Kosovo-online) • Arlov: Kosovo police grossly violates my rights, banned from entering Kosovo for third time (Kosovo-online, media) • EU: Time for Serbia to muse on reforms of judiciary and election process (N1) • Dodik meets with Erdogan in Ankara to discuss political situation in Bosnia (N1) • US embassy: Accusations against congressmen absurd, offensive, false (Beta, N1) International: • In Albania, a Worrying Rise in Drug Gangs Hiring Minors (Balkan Insight) • North Macedonia PM Parks Resignation Ahead of No-Confidence Vote (Balkan Insight) • Ratko Mladic Mural Hit by Paint Attack in Belgrade (Balkan Insight)

• Bislimi: European Commission progress report contains inaccuracies (Koha) • Szunyog: There is no shortcut to EU without rule of law reforms (Kosovapress/Koha) • Vallac, Serbia's battlefield with Kosovo (RFE) • Gervalla to KFOR commander: Serbia's toughened rhetoric threatens regional security (Zeri) • Rasic: There is no room for a third-tier government (Koha) • "Send me evidence of Grenell's employment by Serbia and I will deliver it to U.S. authorities" (media) • Specialist prosecutor asks judge to reject interim release for Veseli, Selimi, Krasniqi (media) • Kosovo prosecution charges person for war crimes (RTK) • Serbia's police detain activist over war crimes protest (Reuters) • COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media)

Albanian Language Media: • Prime Minister Kurti confirms he will attend Peace Forum in Paris (media) • Escobar officially takes post of US Representative to Western Balkans (media) • Civil society asks U.S. to reconsider non-invitation for Kosovo (RFE) • Mehaj: Kosovo's next destination, joining the U.S.-Adriatic Charter (media) • “Key point for Balkans, Kosovo’s recognition by Serbia” (Kosovapress) • Government: We are working on Law on Salaries (Telegrafi) • “Kosovo among first in region in terms of assembly transparency” (Indeksonline) • AJK hires legal professional to represent journalists (media) • Ministry: Vaccination against COVID-19 open to non-Kosovo citizens (media) • COVID-19: 11 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19 in Serbian communities: Two people died, 85 new cases (Kontakt plus radio) • Vucic and Botsan-Kharchenko: "Putin understands Serbia" (B92, Kosovo Online) • Paris: Serbia’s and Kosovo’s PMs to take part at Peace Forum (N1, Beta) • PM Brnabic: US congressmen letter written by paid lobbyists, it’s child’s play (FoNet, N1) • US Embassy: Not all partners could be involved in the initiative (Danas) • Petkovic: Osmani was not paying attention in class, US advocates the respect of all agreements, including ZSO (Kosovo Online) International: • Without a clear commitment of Member States to enlargement, EC reports lose power they once had (EWB) • In Bosnia, US overtakes EU as crisis boils (Politico) • Mutiny in Serbia: How a State Security Unit’s Rebellion Went Unpunished (BIRN)

• President Osmani: Serbia is abusing with the dialogue (Radio Free Europe) • Brussels wants negotiations on statute of Association/Community (Koha) • Prime Minister Kurti invited to Peace Forum in France (media) • Parties trade blame over lack of invitation to democracy summit (Exit News) • Joseph: Kosovo is much more democratic than Serbia (media) • Kurti: Special attention to women empowerment in recovery package (Klan) • Historians want annulment of decisions made in Milosevic’s time (Kallxo) • Kosovo veterans’ leaders denounce war crimes court as ‘biased’ (BIRN) • With €630 per month in Kosovo, doctors heading to the EU (RFE) • Kosovo chief prosecutor, EULEX chief discuss furthering cooperation (media) • Judge suspended after BIRN reporting on lenient rape sentence (BIRN) • COVID-19: 8 new cases, no deaths (media) • Janjic: Serbia pays Grenell US$ 100,000 a month for lobbying (media) • North Macedonia’s battle over new majority unsettles Albanian parties (BIRN)

Albanian Language Media: • President Osmani travels to U.S. (media) • COMKFOR: Security situation stable, we support Pristina-Belgrade dialogue (Kosovapress) • Run-off mayoral election campaign kicks off today (media) • AAK leader Haradinaj warns of an imminent social crisis (media) • Healthcare workers with ultimatum for the government (media) • Union of Education, Science and Culture warns with strike in January (media) • COVID-19: 8 new cases, no deaths (media) Serbian Language Media: • Covid-19: 76 new cases, two deaths registered in Serbian areas on Saturday (Radio kontakt plus) • The campaign of the second round of local elections begun (KiM radio, KoSSev) • Petkovic: Member of people who had SS division is comparing Serbia to Nazi Germany (KoSSev) • Trajkovic: Kurti's double standards, he doesn't mind the "ethnic basis" when he promotes "natural Albania" (Kosovo Online) • Petkovic: Kurti's statements he will not form ZSO not only annul dialogue, but also humiliate EU and USA (Kosovo-online • Vucic: Everyone can evaluate someone else’s democracy however they want (N1) • Pristina court sentenced Zlatan Krstic, family claims he was not in Kosovo when crime took place (Radio KIM) • Kosovo Polje: Desecrated tombstones at cemetery, landfill at entrance (Radio kontakt plus, Radio KIM, RTV Gracanica) • Von Cramon: We do not want RS to be a coin for Serbia's concession to Kosovo (Kosovo Online, AlJazeera) Opinion: • Latifi: In a country without economy, parties turn into important business (media) • Issuance of a license for Elektrosever d.o.o. is the only possible solution (KiM radio) International: • A dangerous crisis is brewing in the Balkans. Will the West do anything to stop another war? (CNN) Humanitarian/Development: • Survivors’ Stories Describe Terror and Trauma of Wartime Rape (Balkan Insight) • Detainees clean the Orthodox cemetery in Mitrovica South (KoSSev) • A bakery within the Correctional Center in Lipjan (arbresh.info)

• Kurti to DW: Under Kosovo's Constitution, there can be no association on ethnic basis • Kurti: Serbia threatening third Balkan war (Telegrafi) • Presidency reacts to Kosovo not being invited to Biden's democracy summit (media) • Zulfaj: Kosovo not invited to democracy summit due to last government’s track record (media) • Konjufca: We hope we will be invited to the summit next time (Telegrafi) • Hoti says blaming his government for summit's snub is 'low propaganda' (Klan) • U.S. legislators concerned over developments in Serbia and its influence on the region (VOA) • Bosnia's disintegration would affect entire region, says peace envoy (Reuters) • Kosovo Prosecutorial Council refuses to get involved in the vetting process (media) • Di Bella: Kosovo's GDP expected to increase by 7-8% this year (Koha) • COVID-19: 19 new cases, no deaths (media)